Category Archives: Isn’t It Ironic?

There once was this dude, Jason Kenney…

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Sorry, I’m not up for a limerick tonight. I just thought I’d share what happened to Jason Kenney’s Wikipedia page before someone changes it back: Kenney was born in Oakville, Ontario and raised in Saskatchewan. He graduated from the Athol … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Teh Ghey, Teh Heterostoopid | 2 Comments

Let’s see Peter Kent explain THIS.

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Since this report was filed, it’s been confirmed that the assassins are, indeed, Mossad agents, and they were traveling under false passports. And there’s an even weirder twist: The Foreign Office was investigating how the identities of six innocent Britons … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, The WTF? Files | 1 Comment

Gaza in Plain Language

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Sabina Becker

A short documentary that lays out what really happened there, and dares to ask why:No matter how one feels about Israel’s right to exist (and I for one think it has one, as does Palestine, in equal measure)–in light of … Continue reading →

Posted in Fascism Without Swastikas, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal? | 1 Comment

Headline Howler: Oops, Angus Reid did it again

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Sabina Becker

…”it” being, you guessed it, screwing the pooch.My friend Anthony, from Sweden, writes: During the Uruguay campaign last year, I went into Angus Reid a lot to get the latest poll numbers. Today, while trying to find some other poll … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Don't Cry For Argentina, Fascism Without Swastikas, Headline Howlers, Isn't It Ironic?, Paraguay, Uruguay, Teh Ghey | Comments Off

The Washington Post lies–Haitians want foreign military troops out!

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Sabina Becker

The other day, I noted that the Washington Post was full of shit regarding Haiti. Today, an item in Aporrea confirms what I suspected: Haiti’s poor may want and need aid, but they don’t want it at gunpoint…from anywhere: The … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Pissing Jesus Off | Comments Off

Again with the ArsyTV…

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Those poor little owners of Sambil and RCTV…” Hey, is that sarcasm I hear emanating from the slums?Once more, the entire English-speaking media world has Teh Stoopid when it comes to Venezuela. Why else would even the Beeb misreport this? … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic? | 7 Comments

Quotable: Thomas Jefferson on corporate “personhood”

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“I hope we shall…crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and to bid defiance to the laws of our country.”–Thomas Jefferson, letter to George Logan, … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics for Dummies, Filthy Stinking Rich, Good to Know, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Quotable Notables | 2 Comments

Opus Dei: A Silent Crusade

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Video in Spanish. A 2005 documentary about the secretive cult-within-Catholicism, Opus Dei, and specifically, its inordinate political and economic influence in Chile. Opus Dei, also known as La Obra (The Work) in Spanish, was founded in 1928 in Spain by … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile Sin Queso, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't It Ironic?, Pissing Jesus Off, Under the Name of Spain | 6 Comments

Music for a Sunday: Haiti

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Haiti is here. Haiti is not here.”Full lyrics, and translation, here.BTW, these lyrics, referring to racial injustice in Haiti and Brazil, are especially appropriate in light of a scandal concerning a Haitian diplomat in Brazil a couple of days ago: … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazil is the Bomb!, Isn't It Ironic?, Music for a Sunday | 2 Comments

Ah, that “civil society” of the Venezuelan opposition…

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Such class! Such manners! Such elegance and eloquence! Such incorruptible parliamentary decorum! Yes, this is the way Venezuela should be governed in the glorious future when it is finally free of that odious “21st Century Socialism”, and these are just … Continue reading →

Posted in Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic? | 6 Comments